Combined sofa and bed



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G. T. HARD.

GOMBINBD SOFA AND BED.

No. 400,079. Patented Mar. 20,1080.

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COMBINED SOFA AND BED.

No. 400,079. Patented Mar. 26, 1889.

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CHARLES T. HARD, OF EAST LIVERPOOLASSIGNOR TO THOMAS H. HARD,

- OF NEWVBURG, OHIO.

COMBINED SOFA AND BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,079, dated March 26, 1889. Application filed March 10, 1888. Serial No. 266,822. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. HARD, of East Liverpool, in the county of Oolumbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Combined Sofa and Bed, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined sofas and beds, or what is known in the trade as sofa-beds.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of furniture which may be conveniently and expeditiously converted from a sofa to a bed, and vice versa, and wherein, when used as a bed, the bottom will be amply supported and elevated essentially the same distance from the floor as the equivalent portion of an ordinary bed.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the article when used as a sofa. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the sofa converted into a bed. Fig. 3 is a section on line 00 m of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section online y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section on line z z of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail View of one facing-board, and Fig. 7 is a detail perspective View of one of the braces and its hinge.

In the invention the body B of the sofa-bed consists of a rectangular frame of suitable size provided with a head end piece, I), a foot end piece, I), and one side piece, 19 connecting said ends.

Upon the foot I) of the body a board, E, is secured of essentially the same size as the footrpiece, and to one end of said foot-board E a second and similar board, a is hinged, the one board being adapted to fold over upon the outer face of the other, or outward in the same plane, as occasion may demand. A head-board, d, preferably of greater height than the head-piece b and of equal length, is attached to said head-piece, and a second and similar head-board, cl, is hinged to the aforesaid head-board d, the board 01 being purposed to fold over upon the board d in like manner as the two foot-boards E and a Uponthe upper or smooth face of the body B, at the head, a hollow block, B, is secured in any approved manner, which block is shaped to the contour of a comfortable headrest, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. The outer end of thehead-rest B is preferably carried beyond the end of the body and provided with an opening, w, whereby the said headrest may be adapted for use also as a receptacle for light articles employed in dressing the bed.

A second rectangular frame, which for convenience I denominate a base-frame, A, is constructed in similar manner to the bodyframe B, consisting of a bottom, two end pieces, a and a, and one side piece, a The body and base frames are united bya hinge, 6, preferably a rule-hinge, secured, respectively, to the head and foot pieces of the frames proper at the unfinished side, as best illustrated in Fig. 2.

At each side of the body a facing-board, D, is hinged, so as to swing vertically upward or downward, as occasion may require. When converted into a sofa, the facing-boards can be turned down, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, so as to conceal the base; or, instead of turning both of the facing-boards down, the rear one may be turned upward into a vertical position to form a back for the sofa, as shown in dotted lines in said figure. The boards D serve as supports for the body when converted into a bed.

In one side of the facing-boards a longitudinal recess, 0', is formed. To the facing-boards adjacent the said recesses brace-strips 0 are hinged, which brace-strips are provided with caster-wheels 0 and are adapted when not in use to lie within the said recess 0' parallel with the facing-boards, as clearly shown in Fi 6.

The strips 0 are secured to one strap or leaf of the strap-hinge O and the other leaf or strap is pivoted at O to the facing-boards D. When the strips 0 are in use, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5, they are first turned .out ward on their pivots O at right angles to the facing-boards and then swung inward and under the said facing-boards on the hingepintle, so that the strips on the two boards will projecttoward each other and their ends abut;- against each other, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The brace-stripsare removed from their reeess only when the sofa is converted into a bed, whereupon the strips of the opposing facing-boards abut, and may, if desired, be soenred bvbraces When itis desired to convert the sofa shown in Fig. l to the bed illustrated in Fig. 2, the body-section. l; is thrown from off the basesection A, the front board, D, having first been raised to the position illustrated to the right of Fig. .l, in dotted lines, whereupon the body is supported by the two facing-boards, as shown in Fig. i, and the base-section A by the new central facing-board, l), and suitable folding legs, which maybe pivoted within the side pieces, (1%. \Yhen the base and body are in this position, their horizontal bottom surfaces a re in the same plane and the unfinished sides are brought in engagement with the upper faces of the centrally-located facingboard, 1). Within the compartment thus formed the springs and mattress are placed in any approved manner, and a roomy bed is thereby provided, supported centrally and at the sides. To complete the bed, the foot-board of is carried outward from the similar board, E, attached to the foot-piece Z), and the said foot-board u is secured in any suitable manner parallel. with the end piece, (1 as illustrated in Fig. 2. The headboard (l is folded outward in like manner and secured to the head piece (1. ln reconverting the article into a sofa, the foot-board a is folded upon the board it, and the head-board (Z likewise folded back upon the board (1, and the legs are folded up within the base. The body is now thrown over upon the base, whereupon the head-boards are concealed by the headrest, as best shown in Fig.

The facing-board at the front of the sofa is folded down, as shown in Fig. 1, and, if desirable, the rear facing-board is carried upward in connection with the head-rest, as

illustrated in dottedlines in Fig. l, to form a hack for the sofa.

I do not confine myself to any form of legs for supporting the base when the device is converted into a bed, and the entire structure may be braced and strengthened in any approved manner.

Ilaving thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a combined sofa and bed, the combination of a body, a basesection hinged to one side or edge of the body, facing-boards hinged to opposite sides of the body and serving to conceal the base when used as a sofa and supports for the body when used as a bed, and sectional and hinged head and foot boards on body and base sections, respectively, substantially as described.

In a combined sofa and bed, the combination, with the body and base section, each having one open side or edge and hinged together at their open sides or edges, of facing boards hinged to opposite sides of the body and serving to conceal the base when used as a sofa and supports for the body when used as a bed, pivoted and hinged braces for holding and supporting the facing-boards, and sectional and hinged head and foot boards on the body and base section, respectively, substantially as herein shown and described.

In a combined sofa and bed, the combination, with a base-section and a body hinged together, of facing-boards hinged to the said body and bracestrips hinged to the said facing-boards, the strips of the opposing facing- .boards abutting when the said strips are extended, substantially as herein shown and described.

&. In a combined sofa and bed, the combination, with a base-section, A, having an open side and provided with pivoted legs, of the body B, hinged to the basesection and having an open side, the head and foot boards I) d and b E, the facing-boards hinged to the body and provided with the hinged bracestrips 0, and the boards a" (Z, hinged to the foot-board E and head-board (1', respectively, substantially as herein shown and described.

CHARLES T. HART).

Vitnesses:

GEO. B. HARVEY, (Inns. GILL. 

